THURMAN — With the sap in maple trees across the southern Adirondacks beginning to run, sugar-bush owners are firing up their evaporators to produce maple syrup — just in time for Thurman Maple Days.more

THURMAN — A campaign is now underway to enlist volunteers and raise money to pay costs of hosting the town’s beloved annual Jack Wax party, after the state Health Department has banned the practice of serving homemade dishes.more

ATHOL — Town supervisor Evelyn Wood and councilman Jey Youngblood resigned this week, leaving three board members — Mike Eddy, Cynthia Hyde and Kathy Templeton — to manage and conduct town business on their own.more

ATHOL — Thurman’s 2016 Jack Wax party held recently had several new aspects this year — it accommodated the crowd more efficiently and had a wider variety of appetizing food for its 57th annual edition, attendees and organizers said.more